#sleeping

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping. ↗

— Benjamin Britten

#composer #having #idea #night #nighttime

She sleeps: her breathings are not heard In palace chambers far apart. The fragrant tresses are not stirr'd That lie upon her charmed heart She sleeps: on either hand upswells The gold-fringed pillow lightly prest: She sleeps, nor dreams, but ever dwells A perfect form in perfect rest. ↗

— Alfred Tennyson

#the-sleeping-beauty #beauty

I have no trouble sleeping. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#sleeping #trouble

I don't like sleeping in a bed. ↗

— James Franco

#i #like #sleeping

In some parts of Ireland the sleep which knows no waking is always followed by a wake which knows no sleeping. ↗

— Mary Wilson Little

#followed #ireland #knows #parts #sleep

My mom is going to kill me for talking about sleeping with people. But I don't want to put myself in the position where I'm in a monogamous relationship right now. I'm not dating just one person. 'Sex and the City' changed everything for me because those girls would sleep with so many people. ↗

— Lindsay Lohan

#because #changed #city #dating #everything

I really need to be alone. I can't deal with someone sleeping next to me. ↗

— John Lone

#deal #i #me #need #next

I was sleeping the other night, alone, thanks to the exterminator. ↗

— Emo Philips

#alone #i #night #other #sleeping

Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats. ↗

— Marge Piercy

#euphemism #marriage #people #sleeping #tantamount

How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state? ↗

— Plato

#awake #dream #how #moment #our